Washington Post journalist Natalie Allison slammed Axios executive editor Mike Allen for taking up the “new media seat” at the first Trump administration White House Presser after claiming, alongside his outlet’s co-founder Jim VandeHei,

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Trump would open the briefing room to bloggers, podcasters and social-media influencers.

Karoline Leavitt is the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary and was Donald Trump’s national press secretary during much of the 2024 presidential race.

Karoline Leavitt used her first briefing in the role to warn veteran reporters that they were increasingly irrelevant.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary, will make her debut in the briefing room on Tuesday. Her first briefing is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET.

When Leavitt, 27, walks out into the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room on Tuesday, she'll be the youngest press secretary to do so, since Ronald Ziegler, who held the title in former President Ronald Reagan's White House at age 29.

Karoline Leavitt held her first briefing as White House press secretary for the second Trump Administration. Leavitt forcefully defended President Donald Trump's policies during the briefing, aggressively attacking the Biden Administration more than once.

The White House is rolling out a new policy allowing opportunities for so-called “new media” outlets and content creators to ask questions during press briefings. White House press

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, making her debut behind the podium Tuesday, announced that the Trump White House would open up the briefing room to “independent journalists, podcasters, social media influencers and content creators,” and would be creating a dedicated seat in the first row for new media.

President Trump’s press secretary invited social media influencers and content creators to sit with the traditional press corps.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Friday ... Fox News' Brooke Taylor, Adam Shaw and Michael Dorgan contributed to this report. Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.

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